Errm, I'm confused!

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Ok girls, I am sure someone on here will have had the following experience, so coming to you for advice…

I had a Hysterectomy 11 years ago (but retained my ovaries), I had full on Menopausal symptoms about 5 years after that when I was 35 and my hormones had supposedly just about ceased.

Had BC last year (was 41) and got meno symptoms during chemo as we all do, these carried on through treatment. I was started on Tamoxifen but after further hormone testing my Onc declared I was post menopausal and commenced me on Arimidex.

Fast forward about 5 months and these were stopped as I had such severe side effects/reactions to them and supposedly was only just weakly ER+ (3/8 whatever that means??). All the horrid reactions and menopausal symptoms stopped about a month later. So I am receiving no hormonal treatment

So we are now 4 months on from that, and for the last month I have been getting night sweats (1/2 hourly - hourly) every night and then the last couple of days I have been getting hot flushes during the day!

So whats going on with my body? I just wondered whether any one else had experienced anything similar to this?

Any advice very gratefully appreciated.

Lynn

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Hi Lynn

I’m 56 and was on Femara for 2 weeks in April. You might have read of my horrible side effects on other threads.

Anyway I am post meno but the side effects gave me the worst ever hotflushes, they seemed to ease a bit until just a couple a night, however they seem to have got a bit worse over the last 6/8 weeks - last night was quite bad.

I was very tired last night - hectic weekend and work yesterday - and I think they are worse the more tired I am, going to make notes in future.

Hope this helps.

Marilyn x

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Thanks for that Marilyn, glad it’s not just me!
It’s so annoying as I really was hoping that I had finished with all these horrid flushes and the total lack of sleep! Oh well, I guess my body will re-adjust eventually??

Lynn x

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I think I am confused too.

I started on Tamoxifen four weeks ago suffering the sweats and facial hair so far.

I had my ovaries out in 1999 so I am definately post menopausal. Should I be on Tamoxifen I really do not like the side effects.

Jane